Sausage-stuffer and press.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

M. F. WENRIGH.

SAUSAGE STUPFBR AND PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 1130.31, 1902.

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110. 793,484. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905.

M. P. WENRIGH.

SAUSAGE STUFPER AND PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.31, 1902.

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MICHAEL F. WENRICH, OF RAVINE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,484, dated June 27, 1905. Application filed December 31,1902. Serial No. 137,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownt'hat I, MICHAEL WENRIOH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ravine, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements'in Sausage-Staffers and Presses, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in machines that can be used either for stuffing sausages or pressing lard,'fruit, or other materials. p

The object of'my invention is to so construct the machine that the operation can be made nearly continuous by duplicating the mechanism, so that when one piston is pressing the other is returning, and the frame of one section can be swung clearof the cylinder. without disturbing the other section. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of my improved machine, showing one of the top sections swung on its pivot, so as to permit its cylinder to be filled; and Fig. 5 is aside elevation of the upper portion of my machine.

A is the casing of the machine, having two cylinders A A Each of these cylinders is arranged in a manner similar to machines of this type, having an outlet at the bottom for the passage of the material. In this instance, however, the outlet-passages a a from the two cylinders communicate with a single nozzle a, Fig. 3, and a valve a is pivoted to the casing and so arranged that when material from one cylinder is being discharged the outlet from the other cylinder is closed by the valve. When the machine is used as a press, each cylinder may be provided with a perforated plate and a detachable perforated lining similar to that shown in the Patent No. 179,757, dated July 11, 1876; but when the machine is used for stuffing sausages the perforate linings and plates are removed.

B is a frame made in two sections B B These sections are pivoted at b to the casing of the machine, in the present instance the pivot-bolt I) being screwed into the casing; but in some instances the two parts may be simply pivoted together independently of the casing. Said pivot & of the sections B B is placed some distance back of a center line through the machine, so that when one section is swung on its pivot it will clear the cylinder of the casing and its mechanism will be thrown out of gear with the mechanism of the other section. Where the two sections of the frame part at the center I provide a tongue 6 on one section, which enters a recess inthe other section, and I provide feet 6 which form supports for the center of the frame and make it rigid when the parts are in place, also placing on each end of the frame feet 6 which are recessed for the reception of the ends of the bolts C and C, formed with heads 00. Pivoted catches 0 may be provided for securing the parts after they are in position. Carried by the sections of the frame are screws D D. The screws pass freely through the frame; but each has a vertical keyway for a key on the frame, so that the screw cannot turn in the frame.

E E are two bevel gear-wheels having hubs e c, which are threaded, and the threads on the hubs mesh with the threads on the screws D D, so that when the wheels are turned the screws are raised or lowered. On the lower end of each screw is a plunger F, which fits the casing and when forced down presses the material from the casing through the nozzle (0.

Secured to the bevel-wh eel E is a gear-wheel G and secured to the bevel-wheel E is a gearwheel G, which meshes with the gear-wheel Gr when the parts are in position as shown in Fig. 1. When one of the parts is swung clear of the casing, then its gear-wheel is free from the gear-wheel of the other part, as in Fig. 4.

Meshing with the bevel gear-wheel E is a pinion It on an operating-shaft H, mounted in a bearing in the frame and provided with a handle I, and meshing with the bevel gearwheel E is a pinion h on a shaft H, mounted in the frame and provided with a handle I. These handles are preferably detachable, and onedhandle may be used for both shafts, if desire The frame is extended above the gear-wheels G G in the present instance, and where the two sections of the frame abut I form a tongue j on one section, which enters a recess in the other section, so as to makeathis portion of the frame rigid when the parts are in position, and in order to fix the frame rigidly to the casing during pressing I use a bolt K, which extends between the two sections of the frame, and on this bolt is a thumb-nut 7c in the present instance, which can be turned to clamp both sections of the frame to the casing, or

the bolt may be headed and screwed into the casing, gaining the same result.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination in a sausage-stulfer or press, ofacasing having two cylinders, aframe made in two sections, a plunger and a screw therefor on each section, said sections being pivoted so as to swing in a plane substantially at right angles to the axes of their respective cylinders, means for operatively connecting the screws with the driving means, each of said frame-sections being constructed to engage the other at a plurality of points when in their operative positions, substantially as described.

2'. The combination in a sausage-stuffer or press, of a casing having two cylinders, a frame made in two sections pivoted together, a plunger having a screw, for each section, an internally-threaded spur-gear on each section engaging the screw of one of the plungers, said spur-gears meshing with each other and having driving means, substantially as described.

3. vThe combination in a sausage-stufier or press, of acasing having two cylinders, a frame mounted upon the casing and made in two sections, each section being pivoted to swing clear of its cylinder, means for securing, the sections to the casing, a plunger on each section, each plunger having a-screw, a spur-gear provided with a threaded opening for each of said screws, a driving-shaft having gearing connecting it with the spur-gears whereby one plunger is caused to be raised when the other is depressed, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a sausage-stuffer or press, of a casing including two cylinders, two relatively movable sections hinged together and carried by the frame, a plurality of plungers each having a screw and carried respectively by said frame-sections, and an internally-threaded spur-gear in engagement with each screw, said gears meshing with each other and having a common source of power, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL F. WENRIOH Witnesses:

W. J. RUMP, H, E. ASBURY.- 

